Improvement in handles for pocket-knives



J. W. GARDNER.

HANDLES FOR POCKET KNIVES. ..No.177,998. Patented May 30,1876.

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JOSEPH W. GARDNER, SHELBURNE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HANDLES FOR POCKET-KNIVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 77,998, dated May 30,1876; application filed May 6, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. GARDNER, ofShelburne Falls, in the county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain Improvements in Handles for Pocket- Knives, ofwhich the following is a specification:

My invention consists in constructing the handles for pocket-knives withthe lining bent over at the end, so as to form an overlapping bolster,and also format the opposite end an overlapping tip, as hereinafter morefully de scribed.

Figure 1 represents a lining completed ready for use. Fig. 2 representsa blank from which the lining is formed. Fig. 3 represents aknife-handle in longitudinal section made on my plan; and Fig. 4represents a modification of the same.

In making pocket-knives it has been customary to make a lining for thehandle of sheet metal, and then braze or otherwise secure the bolstersthereto. In some instances the entire handle has been made of thickermetal, on which the bolsters were then swaged or forged.

The object of my present invention is to make the lining and bolster allof one piece punch, out, or stamp out the lining in the form of a blank,A, as shown in Fig. 2. This blank ismade of the required form accordingto the shape or style that the handle is to be when completed, and ismade of such a length that it may be bent into the form shown in Fig. 1.The bolsters, e are formed by bending the blank, as indicated by thedotted lines near its ends in Fig. 2, into the required shape, as shownin Fig. 1, which may be done in any suitable manner. The blank is thendoubled or folded over, as indicated by the dotted lines at a, Fig. 2,when it is ready for use. To a lining thus made, the scales or sidepieces B of wood, ivory, or other suitable material, are fitted as shownin Fig. 3, where it will be seen that the bolsters 6 lap over theforward ends of the scales, so that when the rivet oon which the bladeturns is inserted, the whole is firmly united, and the ends of thescales are held securely in place. If desired, one' or more separatesmall rivets may be put through the bolster, scale, and lining inaddition, but for ordinary pocket-knives this is not deemed necessary.

As a modification of the above plan, I propose to make the lining of twopieces, and of such a length that its rear end may also be turnedoutward and made to lap over the scale, as shown at b, Fig. 4, thebolster e be ing formed as above described. This will be used moreespecially in cases where it is desired to make the handle moreornamental. By this method of construction I am enabled to make a verysimple, cheap, and yet efficient and durable handle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A lining for thehandles of pocket-knives,

having the bolster 6 formed by bending apor tion of the lining so as tolap over the scale, substantially as described.

2. The overlapping tip I), substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH WILLIAM GARDNER. Witnesses:

0. R. MAYNARD, J. B. BARDWELL.

